| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| An Echo from Willowwood |
| | | Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–94) |
| | | | | “Oh Ye, All Ye That Walk in Willowwood” |
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| TWO gaz’d into a pool, he gaz’d and she, | |
| Not hand in hand, yet heart in heart, I think, | |
| Pale and reluctant on the water’s brink | |
| AS on the brink of parting which must be. | |
| Each eyed the other’s aspect, she and he, | 5 |
| Each felt one hungering heart leap up and sink, | |
| Each tasted bitterness which both must drink, | |
| There on the brink of life’s dividing sea. | |
| Lilies upon the surface, deep below | |
| Two wistful faces craving each for each, | 10 |
| Resolute and reluctant without speech:— | |
| A sudden ripple made the faces flow | |
| One moment join’d, to vanish out of reach: | |
| So these hearts join’d, and ah! were parted so. | |
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